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 | 06 July 2012 09:30 |
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| mph Photographer  Location United Kingdom Cheshire Crewe |  Quote from joroda777"It seems you have a lot to learn then." Red Checker I had hoped that sensible comments would lead to a healthy discussion - but as always there is always one fly in the ointment. Again - I wish to repeat my thanks to all the constructive feedback but am now withdrawing from this thread. Oh dear......... |
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| Amateur - happy to do TF with models with potential and enthusiasm. Website: www.mphodson.co.uk | ||
 | 06 July 2012 09:53 |
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| Spike Photographer  Location United Kingdom Hertfordshire St Albans | Upgrading is only worth it if the mechanics of the camera limit your creativity, this is something you will know without asking. QED don't waste your money. After all they're only spanners & hammers. |
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| "Photoshop is there to cut diamonds, not polish turds" | ||
| 06 July 2012 09:59 |
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| Gerry99111 Photographer  Location United Kingdom Surrey Guildford | Why was the 1d so fantastic? The sensor size would be the main reason ie full frame or 1.3 x crop. More likely it had a better lens on the front and a better display screen on the back. The lenses make the biggest difference in the camera. Knowing how to use it makes an even bigger difference. | |
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| 06 July 2012 10:46 |
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| HandsworthPhotography Photographer  Location United Kingdom West Midlands Birmingham | I understand that you have taken your ball home - maybe learn to take a critique and respond or even just take the critique. However maybe others may wish to learn from the debate. I am in the same position as you - I have a 40D - I'm not considering downgrading to a 60 or 650. I will at some point (when I can afford it) buy a 7D or 5DII - I can't afford the 5DIII. I have (with judicious buys and sales on ebay) managed to acquire a 50mm 1.4 (after initially managing with a 1.80) and a 70-200 4.0 L. Both lenses have expanded and improved my capabilities. What is more I now have 2 lenses that could be used with full-frame and 3 lenses that could be used with a 7D. The 60D and 650D have plasticky bodies that in no way compare to the build quality of the 40D. Maybe, at some stage, we might have a 70D with a magnesium alloy body, no bendy screen but the sensor, focussing and low-light capability of the 60D. Then I might be tempted. |
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| 06 July 2012 11:13 |
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| diipii Photographer Location United Kingdom Worcestershire | "Keep the 40D until you have worn it out or unless you are going full frame." Best advice here. |
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| 06 July 2012 11:50 |
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| pinkbuildingphotography Photographer  Location United Kingdom Tayside | Why are you upgrading? Do these new camera's do something that the earlier ones don't that you really really want to do? If yes then buy the new body. If no use the money for something else. David |
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| 06 July 2012 12:09 |
| MG Photographer  Location United Kingdom Warwickshire | Quote from HandsworthPhotography The 60D and 650D have plasticky bodies that in no way compare to the build quality of the 40D. Maybe, at some stage, we might have a 70D with a magnesium alloy body, no bendy screen but the sensor, focussing and low-light capability of the 60D. Then I might be tempted. I think you'll find the 60d is a large improvement to a 40d. http://snapsort.com/compare/Canon_EOS_40D-vs-Canon_EOS_60D I have one as a back up to my 5dii at the moment and can confirm its an excellent camera that feels fairly sturdy in your hands. Flip out screen is very handy for video but you dont have to use it flipped out. Whem im using it or photography i never pull it out. The body is plastic over aluminium but you really cant tell the difference... The 1d series (not s) dont take the cropped lenses as someone suggested earlier. Overall the 60d is a great camera but the 7d is worth the extra investment if budget permits |
 | 06 July 2012 13:00 |
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| skymouse Photographer  Location United Kingdom London London | Until not long ago, I used a 30D. I only replaced this with the 5D mk II because I got an unusually good deal for the latter; otherwise, I'd probably have continued with the 30D until it stopped working. Since my beginnings when I used a primitive digital camera with a 640x480 resolution up to and including the present day, pretty much every screw-ups has been due to my own creative, organisational or technical failings. Very rarely, if ever, has the equipment been the limiting factor. At best, newer equipment has improved efficiency and convenience or met very specific needs, but my competence remains the biggest bottleneck. I'm not revealing this in order to make myself appear modest (people that know me know that I can be as defensive and incorrigible as the best of them). Instead, maybe there will be a flicker of recognition about these things and they'll feel less urgency or even stress about the whole equipment issue. (I'm not saying the OP has that stress, btw — the subject just happened to trigger this train of thought in me.) |
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| 14 July 2012 17:56 |
| Doul Photographer Location United Kingdom Fife Glenrothes | My first digital camera was a 650D I had a kit lense then bought 70-300 is I used that for a wee while in Iraq bought myself a 24-105 L IS then went and bought myself the camera I really needed 1D MkIII of which I now have 2. I also have a sigma 150-500. Stay with what u have for now and buy a couple of good L lense's then upgrade to a 5d MkII or 1d MkIII or IV. I still have the lense's for my RT,630 & 650 film cameras and still use them on my digital body's. |
| 21 July 2012 15:44 |
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| Midnite Photographer  Location United Kingdom Cambridgeshire Peterborough | Ok as the OP has bailed on this post, i'd like to ask a question about well upgrading. I have a Canon 20d and she's been great. This may sound stupid but i have noticed of late that in awkward light conditions we're struggling a bit. Higher ISO's are very noisey and well she is 11 years old, the screen is too small for my tired eyes. so i am thinking of getting a different body? the 5d mark 1 maybe but would it be fast enough for sports (motor) 50d fairly cheap, bigger screen, robust, more megapixis as its newer maybe better noise at higher ISO? 60d maybe not i think, plastic and a swivel screen. i can see them parting company in my clumsy hands. 7d i quite like this, seems to be what the 60d should have been had canon done the decent thing and made one body out of the good things from the 60 and 7d might well be out of my price range at this time. Ok better glass may well be an idea but my 20d has other issues which lead me to believe failure is looming on the horizion, randomly wont focus or re focuses at will, crashes and has to have the battery removed and sometimes the shutter just wont work unless you change program mode, switch off then on and then change back to the program you want to use. so my view is i think leaning on the 50d, what do you think? cheers Sean |
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